Does the car have aircon

Hi, thanks for your replies, the car does not have air con and I have removed the pollen filter which was dirty black\dusty on one side, but this has not helped.
I found a post somewhere, can`t remember where, which said that the recirculation flap (directs air from outside or only lets air re-circulate inside car) could be stuck, they think that this stops the other flaps etc from working as well? Aparanty is is located at the bottom of the unit where the pollen filter is located.

Hi, Red Devil, thanks for the reply, I cant see or feel anything underneath where the pollen filter goes in, and the only white (or any colour) mechanism I can see is connected\operated by the hot\cold setting dial on the left of the 3 controls on the dash, this is moving fine.
The speed setting 1-4 control works fine, but I cannot hear\feel any movements when the button to operate the outside air\inside re-circulation motor is pressed either.

I removed the ashtray and could just about reach up behind the climate control panel to the back of the air direction control, and could not feel any rods\linkages connected to the back, I could feel a thin, strong, bare wire sticking out though? I hope to get some DIN tools then remove the radio and try and access\remove the control from above, I still think the problem may be with the air direction control?

If you could show me a pic of the white sliding re-circulation flap below the pollen filter, so I could check it, as I can't feel anything at all.

Thanks, Steve.

Hi Red-Devil,

No problem, thanks very much for the help, I'll keep you informed of my progress here, I will work on it on my day off on Wednesday.

The fan speed does not alter at all when I press the re-circulation button, nor can I hear the motor operating, or any relay clicking? The wiring diagram\system description on the eLearn system I downloaded from the FS-OC, indicates that the re-circulation flap is operated by a motor, and that the hot\cold and air direction controls are mechanical, but I can feel a thin metal bare wire sticking out from the back of the air direction control towards the speed selector, that does not seem to connect to anything and I cannot feel or see any rods\bars etc., moving even when I look at the back of the centre fascia using a torch (viewed from the passenger or drivers footwell after I removed the two console side panels)

Thanks again, Steve.

Hi, thought I would give an update as so many of you replied so kindly. I removed the radio & ashtray but could not see anyway of removing the heater control panel as the two top, and two bottom fixing `lugs` attached to the heater panel were behind the dashboard. But I managed to turn it at an anlge enough to get my fingers behind the air distribution control, there was a white quadrant nylon gear which was attached to the wire rod but had come out of a hole in the back of the heater panel. I pushed it back in but there seems to be no `click` of any sort holding it in place. All is now fine, I have left the control set to the `feet and windscreen demisting` setting in case it comes loose again.

I am going to get a new nylon quadrant gear as I assume some retaining clips should have been on the end of the spindle which pushes into the back of the heater panel, but I could not see anything broken.

I am going to replace the two illumination lamps and the one in the ashtray as well whilst I have it all pulled out, but I really would like to be able to get the heater control panel out properly.

Many thanks again, Steve.

Hi, Just to let you know I manged, with quite a bit of struggling to take the dash console apart again, turn the heater control panel at an angle and fit a new nylon quadrant gear to the back of the air distribution control. The new one has two little lugs sticking out the back of the spindle which goes into the hole at the back of the panel. This made a solid strong click as I pushed it in, and it now works beautifully .
I did have a bit of fiddling to adjust the angle of the gear so that when the control is turned it can reach round to all of the positons on the front of the panel, especially as when the new gear was pushed\clicked fully home, then I had trouble disengaging the two gear cogs teeth to then move the new gear one tooth round from where I first installed it.
I have also just installed new bulbs to replace the old two in the back of the control panel in the holders at the rear top edge of the panel, and also fitted a new bulb into the ashtray. But the control panel STILL does not light up . I checked all of the dashboard fusebox fuses that I can see could be related to the dashboard illumination, but these where all OK! Can anyone help? Thanks a lot!